Vol. 24 - No. 46
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Barnegat Bay Clean-ups Need Volunteers
By Chris Lundy OCEAN COUNTY – The Bar negat Bay brings people of all ages to enjoy its beautiful waterways, indigenous plants and animals, and breathtaking views. But those people leave behind garbage. That’s why the Barnegat Bay Blitzes were started back in 2011 by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. It’s an organized clean-up throughout the watershed area. –Photo courtesy Barnegat Bay Partnership This year, it’s going to A group cleans a beach at a blitz from a previous year. be held on Friday, June 7 and Saturday, June 8. It will be organized by the unteers. A Team Captain will be assigned to your area and will contact you about details relating to Barnegat Bay Partnership. “Common trash makes up the majority of what your local clean-up. People who are willing to be a Captain, or if eventually becomes marine debris, polluting our streams and rivers, bays, and oceans,” stated a they have suggestions for clean-up locations, can release from the Barnegat Bay Partnership. “Our contact Karen Walzer at kwalzer@ocean.edu or goal for the 2019 Blitz is to have clean-up events 732-255-0472 ext. 2. There is a “Tips for Volunteers” section on their website to learn more: throughout the Barnegat Bay watershed.” They are looking for people to register as vol- BarnegatBayPartnership.org.
Berkeley Deciding Whether To Keep Convicted Lawyer
By Patricia A. Miller BERKELEY – Township officials plan to sit down soon and discuss what to do with the township attorney firm of Gilmore and Monahan, after George R. Gilmore was recently convicted of failing to pay payroll taxes for his employees. Gilmore, 70, Toms River, has been the powerful head of the Republican par t y in Ocean County for more than two decades, doling out advice and money to GOP candidates.
His firm represents numerous municipalities in Ocean County, including Berkeley, Lacey and Stafford townships. Berkeley officials made no mention of Gilmore’s convictions publicly during the April 22 Township Council meeting, the most recent one after the court case. But Township Council President L. Thomas Grosse Jr. and Mayor Carmen F. Amato Jr. said after the meeting that the council would be discussing Gilmore over the next several weeks.
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The township website lists Gilmore and Monahan as the township attorney. However, Lauren R. Staiger, a Gilmore and Monahan employee, has served as Berkeley’s attorney for a number of years, Amato said. Berkeley has had no problems with Staiger’s performance during the eight years she has represented the township, the mayor said. Gilmore was also was found guilty of one charge of making (Leader - See Page 4)
Town Taxes To Remain Same
By Patricia A. Miller BERKELEY – Berkeley Township officials discussed the 2019 municipal budget at a nearly empty room at the April 22 Township Council meeting. Only about a dozen people attended the monthly meeting, which was held one day after the Easter holiday. They missed the good news that there will be no increase in the municipal purposes tax rate this year, which will remain at .6460 for each $100 of assessed valuation. “This is the third time in the last five years the municipal rate will stay the same,” Mayor Carmen F. Amato Jr. said. By law, the township collects all property taxes and then doles it out to the other taxing entities, such as the county and the two school districts. In this case, the municipal portion of the tax bill has not gone up. The county and schools portion might differ. Amato gave a brief presentation of the $47,028,544 budget at the caucus meeting. Township Council members unanimously adopted the budget after a closed session following the caucus (Taxes - See Page 5)
New Trestle Marks Progress Of Ocean County Trail Work By Jennifer Peacock OCEAN COU NTY – Berkeley and Lacey townships are now connected at Barnegat Branch Trail over the Cedar Creek. The county announced a 150-foot prefabricated weathered steel trestle was set into place recently. “The placement of this new trestle above some of the pilings of the original trestle (Trestle - See Page 5)
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